The Distant Hours

I’ve wanted this book since I saw the cover. I read the back copy and was convinced I’d enjoy it but as it was $9.99 on the Kindle (the top price I’m willing to pay) I waited to get it for my birthday. Truth to tell, I’m not at all disappointed.

The Distant Hours is a wide-ranging story- vaguely gothic as only a story which begins with three spinsters in a castle CAN be – and reminiscent in tone to the writing of the Bronte sisters. Family, war, love, loss, responsibility and tragedy are sprawled across five decades and woven neatly together in a thoroughly compelling read. Highly recommended.

I’m about a third of the way through Beauty Queens but The Distant Hours brings me to number 40 (of 55 books I want to tell people I read) this year.